“…However, the unaffordable cost of these metals for the development of NEG sensors has limited their use. Consequently, researchers have commenced designing NEG sensors based on metals and their oxides, and in particular, the focus was given to Ni ( Rajendran et al, 2018 ), Zn ( Yang et al, 2016a ; Ognjanović et al, 2019 ), Cu ( Shabnam et al, 2017 ), NiO ( Baghayeri et al, 2018b ), CuO ( Shabnam et al, 2017 ), NiCo 2 O 4 ( Baghayeri et al, 2018b ; Rajendran et al, 2018 ), Fe ( Li et al, 2015 ; Marie et al, 2018 ), Mn ( Li et al, 2015 ; Xie et al, 2018a ), Ti ( AL-Mokaram et al, 2017 ), Ir ( Dong et al, 2018a ; Dong et al, 2019 ), and Rh ( Dong et al, 2018b ) etc.…”